[ausev] Water Miser Caps?

[Erik]

Mine are a little dirtier than when I bought them, but they still seem to
work, as best I can tell. I've been selling my current pack to move back to
8V batteries, and one guy really wanted to keep the water miser caps so I
sold them with the batteries.  It will be interesting to see how much of a
difference they make - I'll have some with them and some without for a
little while. I am pretty sure they do a better job of keeping acid from
leaking than stock caps.  This was actually my main goal since I've seen
what the leaking acid does to a car.  As for mist capture - we'll see!

Maybe soak them in distilled water for a couple days? I think it's all
polyethylene and shouldn't be affected by use.

Erik

On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Marc Kohler <mkohler at austin.rr.com> wrote:

> Hi Brian,
> Why would you think that they couldn't be moved to the new pack?
> Have you found an article or someone with experience that says they are
> only
> good for X years/cycles?
> I'm sure the miser cap folks would be able to answer your question.  It
> would be interesting to see what they say (on one hand they want to make
> another sale but on the other they want to show that their product is
> robust).
> Marc Kohler
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ausev-bounces at austinev.org [mailto:ausev-bounces at austinev.org] On
> Behalf Of Brian Lasseter
> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 3:43 PM
> To: AustinEV News Announcements and General Discussion
> Subject: [ausev] Water Miser Caps?
>
> If I were replacing my battery pack... should I replace the water
> miser caps?  It seems like they are still in good condition, but I was
> wondering if anyone else had any insight on this matter.
>
> Water Miser caps:
> http://store.solar-electric.com/batwatmiscap.html
>
> --
> TTFN,
> Brian "Lasso" Lasseter
>
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